Letters to the editor, Huntsville Times, Tuesday March 1

President Obama says his administration will no longer "defend" the "Defense of Marriage Act" against constitutional challenges because he has deemed that law to be unconstitutional.

Having re-read my copy of the Constitution, I find no provision granting Obama (or any other president) any constitutional review discretion over what laws must be upheld by the executive branch of government. This behavior begs the question as to whether or not this latest example of dictatorial fiat is malfeasance on his part.

The fact of the matter is this: The president repeatedly ignores and overtly refuses to enforce laws with which he disagrees. When will the Congress stop tolerating this criminal behavior and impeach President Obama for felony malfeasance?

Robert L. Caryl Jr.

Grant, 35747

Tanker contract woes

So Boeing won the tanker contract. No surprise. What is surprising is that the U.S. Air Force selected Boeing considering that Boeing today cannot meet the delivery schedules of the commercial planes already sold. In fact the "dream liner" plane is already in deep trouble. How will Boeing meet this additional production? Here is how! This plane will be primarily manufactured in the Far East like China, Japan, Taiwan, India and other places.

The landing gears will of course not be built in our country, nor will the component for the engines. Fuselage, wings, empennage, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, all electronics will be manufactured outside of our country.

The only thing made in our country will be the Boeing Logo. People can cheer that Boeing won the contract and not those ugly Europeans. Think again. More of our taxpayer dollars will now go to China and other places. Balance of payment? Who cares? Boeing won the contract that must be great. Not one job will be created in Huntsville as a result. But there will be plenty of jobs created in the Far East as a result. And by the way, it would not have been any different if the Europeans had won the contract.

Bo Rosberg

Madison, 35758

Bike safer roads

Bike riders, please do not ride on Dug Hill Road. That stretch between U.S. 72 and U.S. 431 is narrow, hilly, has blind curves and no shoulders. Several times as I rounded a blind curve, I found myself practically on top of bicycle riders. The good Lord and his infinite mercy granted that no cars came facing me as I swerved in the other lane. Spare this old lady the ditch, which is the only alternative to running over you.